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A. H. H-AWLEY.

ACCOUNTING MACHINE WITH AUXILIARY PRINTING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED MAY I5. I9I7.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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A. H. HAWLEY. I ACCOUNTING MACHINE WITH AUXILIARY PRINTING APPLIANCE,

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A. H. HAWLEY. ACCOUNTING MACHINE WITH AUXILIARY PRINTING APPLIANCE.

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AMOS H. HAWLEY, OF NORWOOD, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY MACHINE COMPANY, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

ACCOUNTING-MACHINE W ITH -AU XII JIARY PRINTING APPLIANCE.

Application filed May 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos H. HAWLEY, a citizen oflhe United States, residing at Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Accounting-Machines .with Auxiliary Printing Appliances, of

which the following is a specification.

In many businesses, especially those employing a large number of wage earners, adding and listing machines are used to a considerable extent in facilitating the making up of pay-rolls.

An object of this invention has been to supply certain equipment and mechanism for such accounting machines to enable envelops in which amounts of wages are paid to employees to be readily printed with an amount of wages at the same time as the said amount is listed on the customary paper tape or strip utilized for list printing in machines of this type.

With the foregoing in view, it is contemplated to provide; a duplicate set of printing devices, similar to those used for ordinary listing but modified to conform with peculiar special requirements. There is also provided for the envelop printing a suitable holding device for the envelop. The envelop printing instrumentalities'and equipment is susceptible of advantageous use for duplicate printing of transactions whether the duplication is made upon envelops, slips, checks, or the like; when upon the envelop itself, the duplicated item is very useful to the pay-roll worker for obvious reasons,

A further object of the invention is to provide convenient adjusting devices for the envelop, tag, or slip holding means whereby the latter articles may properly support the articles placed therein when of different sizes in respect to various dimensions.

' The improvements of this invention comprehend, additionally, provisions for con-; trolling the elimination of the printing functioning of the listing instrumentalities of the machine. These provisions appertain in the first instance to the disabling of the regular or main printing devicesused for listing amounts of transactions of the machine upon the usual tape or listing strip, and to the auxiliary printing devices intended to per- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921. 1911.. Serial No. 168,688.

form the duplicate rintin reviousl referredto herein. p g p y By the disabling means just mentioned, it is possible to eliminate the printing functioning of one or both of what may be termed the main and auxiliary sets of printing members so that where the accounting machine is an adding and listing machine the listing functioning of the machine may be temporarily discontinued permitting of the use of the machine as an adding or an accumulating machine alone. Again, it is contemplated, secondary to the foregoing, to so interlock the disabling devices for the main and auxiliary sets of printing devices as to cause the auxiliary or duplicate set of printing members to be disabled as an incident to the rendering inoperative of the main or customary listing printing members; on the other hand, the construction is so designed that the means employed to render inactive the auxiliary printing members may perform its function without disturbing the operativeness of the main listing instru mentalities in any way.

The invention involves supplemental to .the foregoing main features, certain details of construction which will appear more fully upon reference to' the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a general front elevation of an adding and listing machine of the type to which the invention is applied.

' Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1, partly broken away. v

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view looking fromthe front of the machine toward the rear with the section taken somewhat in advance of the various type-carriers of the main and auxiliary sets orgroups of printing instrumentalities, the means interlocking these groups for simultaneous and independent disablement being clearly shown.

Fig. 4 is'a view showing primarily the parts illustrated in Fig. 3, being a fragmentary. section looking toward said parts from the right hand side of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation showing more particularly the reverse arrangement of the typesofthe main and duplicate sets of type- Fig. 7 is a detail view somewhat similar to Fig. 4 bringing out clearly the form of I the main elimination key and its associated disabling bail.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view showing more clearly the formation of the upper end of the envelop guide.

It may be noted that the addingand listing machine -of the present invention eml ebodies primarily a mechanism such as is shown in the S. Letters Patent of Nelson White, No. 1,192,721, issued April 25, 1916. 1 Since the general arrangement of the .ac-

.cumulating an listing means of the present invention is like that of the said White patequipped with the usual .amount keys 1 transactions to be performed upon the machine, the customary main actuator or han-.

(Ike 2 being utilized for operating the ac cumulating and listing mechanisms in accordance with amounts predetermined by The totalizing actions of the the keys 1. machine are controlled by. special keys as customary. For the purposes of the present invention there is provided at the back of the machine and suitablyattached to the back plate 3 an envelop guide plate 4, see Figs. 3 and 4. This plate is provided with a flange 5 at its left-hand edge and is secured in place on the back plate 3 by means of the thumb screw and nut connection designated 6, as well as by the corresponding connections designated 7, see Figs. 3 and 6. The thumb screw of the connection 6 passes through a horizontal slot in the back plate 3 and through an opening in the flange 5 of the guide or plate 4. In like manner the thumb screws of the connections 7 pass through slots in the back plate 3- and 4, there being interposed between the rlghthand portion of the plate 4 and the back plate 3 a spacing plate 8, which in cooperation with. the flange 5, uniformly spaces the plate 4 from the back plate 3. The spacing 1s, of course, provided to facilitate the entering of an envelop, slip, tag, or like article, between the plates 3'and 4 and between the plate 4 and the platen 9, seen best in Fig. 4, the .entering being, of course, for

ent, the samewill not be described in detail other than to bring out the modifications in machine casing -is designated A and 1sthrough openings in the front guide plate.

ssues the purpose of printing an amount of a transaction upon said article.

By the provision of the method of connection of the plate 4 with the back plate 3, involving the use of the fastenings 6 and 7, 70 it will be apparent that it=is possible to move the guide plate 4 bodily slightly to the right or to the left as regards its position illustrated in Fig. 3. In this way the left-handextreme of the guide space for receiving the envelop or similar article may be varied slightly in relation to the duplicate or auxiliary printing instrumpntali ties to be shortly described. Furthermore the spacing plate 8 is obviously adjustable slightly to the left so as to permit larger or smaller envelops to be accommodated in the guide or holding means, and the upper end of the plate 8 is cutaway on an outward curve, somewhat after the manner of the bent formation of the upper portion of the flange 5 to provide an outwardly flaring entrance to the envelop guiding or supporting means. To control the degree of entering movement of an envelop or similar article into the guide or holder provided as above described there' is supplied a gage plate 10 secured adjustably to the back plate 3 by-a fastening ll-similar to the fastenings 6 and 7 see Fig. 3. The'fastening 11 passes through a slot inthe gage plate 10 and the latter is held from lateral shifting by two studs 12 on the back plate 3. At its upper end the plate 10 enters the space 1 between the plates 3 and 4 and the manner of performance of its function is obvious from the foregoing.

Main analv auxiliary Mat ing devices.

carriers 13 are of usual form and arrangement. The inversion of the type of the carriers 14 is necessitated because the envelop is introduced into the guide or holder therefor in such a manner that the printing is reversed or inverted. It is :on this account that a slightly different arrangement of the means for transmitting motion from the main units type carrierto the auxiliary units type carrier is employed. The mo- .125

tion transmitting means between the main and auxiliary type-carriers involves the provision of the horizontal shafts 15, as hereto fore known,-with pinions on these shafts, the pinions of one shaft engaging corresponding type bars, such as the corresponding unitsor tens type bars ofthe main and auxiliary type-carriers. The main type carriers are actuated differentially and their differential movement is imparted to the auxiliary type carriers by the shafts 15 and pinions 15. Owing to the inversion of the type of the type-carriers 14, the main units type carrier. is connected, as seen in Fig. 3, with the outermost type-carrier 14 which is the units auxiliary type carrier, the main tens type-carrier 13 is connected with the second from the outermost carrier 14, and

so on.

Referrin now to Figs. 4 and 7, the means for co'ntro ling simultaneous and certain independent operation of the main and auxiliary type, carriers will be described.

.The printing means as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is largely conventional involving the use of customary printing hammerts 16 and the hainmer drivers 17 each having an arm connected by the lugs 17 with an associated hammer, and having a tail 17" connected with an operating spring 18. There are supported for cooperation with the various hammers 16 the usual catches 18? carried by the shaft 19 supported by a frame including the depending arms 20. The said frame is adapted to beoscillated under the action of means cooperating with a lever arm 20 forming an extension of one of the arms 20 of said frame, the parts 20 and 18 being susceptible of movement such that the catches 18' may be engaged with lugs 21 on the tails of the hammer I drivers. When thus engaged the catches 18 are adapted to' be moved by the shaft 19 to pull downwardly upon the hammer drivers placing the springs 18 under tension, the hammers being fired asan incident to engagement of the lower ends of the catches 18 with abutments 22 which are formed'u on the innered es of the various type-carriers 13 and 14. stood that the parts 16 and 20 are coaxially mounted, and the frame including. the arms 20 is oscillated at each operation of the machine by the main actuator or handle 2. Thus if the catches 18 are not interferred with in their normal operation they will cause firing of the hammer 16 by release of the hammer drivers, every time the handle 2 is operated. The hammers 16 operate upon types of the type carriers 13 and 14, which'types have been raised to comb-like form, each bail having teeth adapted to engage the upper ends of the thus effected b t will be under adjacent catches 18. The bails 23 and 24 are really slotted plates, the ends of which are bent over to form flanges, there. being provided a supporting shaft 25. passing through said flanges and forming the axis of movement of the bails as seen in Fig. 4. An auxiliary elimin-atin key 26 normally held elevated by a spring 26 is provided and is formed with a triangular opening, a wall of which, designated at 26", forms a cam engaging stud 27 on the right end of the bail 24, see Fig. 3. The depression of the key 26 will cause the cam 26 to engage the stud 27 and work the bail 24 so that the teeth of the latter are shifted rearwardly in such a way as to prevent the noses of the catches 18, cooperative with the auxiliary type hammers from engaging the studs 21 on the adjacent hammer drivers 17. Obviously under these conditions the actuation of the catches 18 for the auxiliary hammers 16 is rendered inefl'ective thus disabling these hammers while the key 26 is depressed. The key 26 is held depressed b a notch 26' thereof engagipg a guide pl ate28 through which the key passes.

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that there is provided a main eliminating key 29 having a cam slot 29", an upraising spring 29' (see Fig. 7). The slot 29" receives a'stud 30- equivalent to the stud 27 previously described, and the action of the key 29 when depressed is obviously similar to that of the key 26 respecting the rocking of the bail 23, which carries the stud 30. The dis'ablement of the main type hammers associated with the carriers 13 is the key 29.

As seen in ig. 3, the left flange of the bail 24 is interrupted at its upper portion 16 and the elimination of the listing func- I tioning of the duplicative printing instrumentalities. The action of. the bail 24 is independent of any operation of the bail 23. On the other hand, if the key 29 be depressed to disable the main type hammers 16 and the main printing instrumentalities, the rocking of the bail 23 through the coaction of the members 31 and 32v causes simultaneous rocking of the bail 24 to disable the auxiliary type hammers 16. The movement of the auxiliary bail 24 with the bail 23 is allowed by the key 26 owing to the clearance afforded by the formation of the triangular opening in the ,key 26.

Summarizing, therefore, it is to be understood that the main and auxiliary printing instrumentalities are such that they may be controlled in action for the purpose of disabling the auxiliary or duplicative printing members Without affecting the action of the main printing members; or the centrol may be such that the auxiliary printing members may be disabled at the same time as the main members are incapacitated to perform their function. The means for holding the main eliminating key 29 depressed are the same as the means described in reference to the key 26.

The term bail as used herein as applicable to the members coacting to interrupt the normal operating of the catches 18, is to be understood as comprehending any camming devices operating to accomplish the described result. I therefore do not wish to limit myself to the bails as necessary constructional elements except with the reservation that they or equivalent parts may be utilized by me.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including main and auxiliary printing devices, actuating means for said devices, main and auxiliary disabling bails for said main and auxiliary printing devices respectively, and means to operate each of said bails and to operate one bail from the other.

2 In an accounting machine, the combination of listing'mechanism including main and auxiliary printing devices, actuating means for said devices, main and auxiliary disabling bails for said main and auxiliary printing devices respectively, and means to operate each of said bails and to'communicate operating movement from one bail to the other. v

3. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including main and auxiliary printing devices, actuating means for-said devices, main and auxiliary disabling bails for said main and auxiliary printing devices respectively, means to operate each of said bails, and interengagingmeans intermediate the bails.

4. In an accounting machine, the combination with listing mechanism including a plurality of main printing devices and a plurality of separate auxiliary printing devices, of a main member cooperative with the main printing devices to prevent operation thereof, and a corresponding auxiliary member cooperative with the auxiliary printing devices to prevent operation of the same, means to move one of said members to active position, and means to communicate movement of said member to the other member.

5. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including main and auxiliary printing devices, actuating means for said devices, coaxial disabling bails for said actuating devices, and means to operate either bail to cause it to perform its disabling function, the last means including an instrumentality adapted to cause simultaneous operation of the bails.

6. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including printing devices, said devices comprising type-carriers and types thereon, type hammers, hammer drivers for said hammers, catches to set and fire said drivers, engaging means between the catches and drivers, a disabling bail to engage the catches and prevent action thereof on the drivers, and a key to actuate and hold the bail operative.

7. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism-including printing devices, and an article holder therefor comprising a guide plate and its support, means to adjust the plate on the support, and means whereby to vary the operative guiding surface of the plate, both transversely and longitudinally.

8. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including printing devices, and an article holder therefor, comprising a guide plate and its support, and means whereby to vary the operative guiding surfaces of the plate including an adj ustable member at one edge of said plate.

9. In an accounting machine, the combina tion of listing mechanism including printing devices, and an article holder therefor, comprising a guide plate and its support, means whereby to vary the operative guiding surfaces of the plate including an adjustable member at one edge of said plate, and a gage plate adjustable cooperatively with the guide plate at substantially a right angle thereto.

10. Listing mechanism for accounting machines, comprising aplurality of type carriers, types on said carriers, actuating devices for the types, bails to disable the said actuating devices, and independently operable keys to actuate one or more of said bails.

11. In an accounting machine, listing mechanism including a plurality of series of printing devices, a main disabling'keyior one of the said series of devices, an auxiliary disabling key for another series of said devices, separate disabling parts operable by the said keys, and means operable from said keys to control separate and simultaneous action of the disabling parts aforesaid.

12. In an accounting machine, listing mechanism including a plurality of printing devices, a main disabling key for one of the said devices, an auxiliary disabling key for another of said devices, separate disabling parts operable by the said keys, and means intermediate the disabling parts operable to effect simultaneous action of the disabling parts on operation of one of the keys and permitting action of one of the disabling partsalone on operation of the other key.

13. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including main and auxiliary series of printing devices,-actuating means for said Series of devices, main and auxiliary cam devices forsaid main and auxiliary series of printing devices respectively, and means to operate either of said cam devices and to operate one cam device from the other to change the operative condition of the printing devices.

14. In an accounting machine, the combination of listing mechanism including printing devices, said devices comprising typecarriers and types thereon, type hammers, hammer drivers for said hammers, catches to set and fire said drivers, engaging means between the catches and drivers, a cam device to engage the catches and prevent action thereof on the drivers, and a key to actuate and hold the cam device operative. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

AMOS H. HAWLEY. 

